barren

arido, sterile

Dove crescono poche piante o nessuna perché il terreno non ne permette la crescita.

In inglese semplice: Having few or no plants because the ground cannot support their growth.

• Nothing grew in the barren soil.
• They crossed a barren stretch of desert.
• Years of drought left the fields barren.

Sinonimi: infertile, unproductive

Contrari: fertile

Espressioni comuni: barren land, barren soil, barren landscape

desolato, spoglio

Vuoto e triste, con poca vita, interesse o comodità.

In inglese semplice: Empty and dull, with little life, interest, or comfort.

• The room felt cold and barren.
• Pictures made the barren walls more welcoming.
• They tried to brighten the building's barren interior.

Sinonimi: bleak, lifeless, bare

Contrari: lively

Espressioni comuni: barren room, barren interior, barren surroundings

sterile, infertile

Che non può avere figli.

In inglese semplice: Unable to have children.

• The story describes a barren woman longing for a child.
• The king rejected his barren wife.
• People wrongly assumed she was barren because she had no children.

Sinonimi: infertile, sterile

Contrari: fertile

Espressioni comuni: barren woman, barren wife

brughiera

Ampia distesa pianeggiante, spesso elevata, dove crescono soprattutto piccoli alberi, arbusti e piante basse.

In inglese semplice: A broad, often high, flat area where mainly small trees, bushes, and low plants grow.

• Small pines grow across the barrens.
• We picked berries on the upland barrens.
• The pine barrens support many unusual plants.

Sinonimi: scrubland, heathland

Espressioni comuni: pine barren, upland barren

terra desolata, landa

Zona di terreno povero dove crescono poche piante e vivono poche persone.

In inglese semplice: An area of poor land where few plants grow and few people live.

• They crossed a rocky barren before sunset.
• Few people live in these remote barrens.
• The road ends at the edge of the barrens.

Sinonimi: wasteland, wilderness

Espressioni comuni: rocky barren, remote barrens